From dc9ca4e9a6b0bb469b4e156551598f063048282b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashwin Kulasegaram <155372890+kulasegaram@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:39:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] NewsDownloader: implement new logic to handle multiple
 selectors (#12804)

Closes #11430.
---
 .../newsdownloader.koplugin/epubdownloadbackend.lua    | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/newsdownloader.koplugin/epubdownloadbackend.lua b/plugins/newsdownloader.koplugin/epubdownloadbackend.lua
index 950ab4c7a..a409f5696 100644
--- a/plugins/newsdownloader.koplugin/epubdownloadbackend.lua
+++ b/plugins/newsdownloader.koplugin/epubdownloadbackend.lua
@@ -46,8 +46,14 @@ local function filter(text, element)
         "div#newsstorytext",
         "div.general",
         }
-    if element and element ~= "" then
-        table.insert(selectors, 1, element)
+    if type(element) == "string" and element ~= "" then
+        table.insert(selectors, 1, element)  -- Insert string at the beginning
+    elseif type(element) == "table" then
+        for _, el in ipairs(element) do
+            if type(el) == "string" and el ~= "" then
+                table.insert(selectors, 1, el)  -- Insert each non-empty element at the beginning
+            end
+        end
     end
     for _, sel in ipairs(selectors) do
        local elements = root:select(sel)